anchoret
11anchoret — n. (fem. ♦ anchoress, ♦ ancress) hermit, ascetic. ♦ anchoritic(al), a …
12anachoret — Anchoret An cho*ret, Anchorite An cho*rite, n. [F. anachor[ e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back, retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and …
13Anchorite — Anchoret An cho*ret, Anchorite An cho*rite, n. [F. anachor[ e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back, retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and …
14Anchor — An chor, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See {Anchoret}.] An anchoret. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
15Anchoretic — An cho*ret ic, Anchoretical An cho*ret ic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ?.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret. [1913 Webster] …
16Anchoretical — Anchoretic An cho*ret ic, Anchoretical An cho*ret ic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ?.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret. [1913 Webster] …
17Seclusion — (Roget s Thesaurus) Exclusion. < N PARAG:Seclusion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 seclusion seclusion privacy Sgm: N 1 retirement retirement Sgm: N 1 reclusion reclusion recess Sgm: N 1 snugness snugness &c. >Adj. Sgm …
18Asceticism — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Asceticism >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 asceticism asceticism puritanism sabbatarianism Sgm: N 1 cynicism| cynicism| =>! austerity Sgm: N 1 total abstinence total abstinence Sgm: N 1 nephalism nephalism …
19anchoritic — adjective characterized by ascetic solitude the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony his hermitic existence • Syn: ↑eremitic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitic, ↑hermitical • Similar to: ↑ …
20anchoritical — anchoritˈic, anchoritˈical, anchoretˈic or anchoretˈical adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑anchorite …